Olaudah Equiano's Travels

This map shows the route of Equiano's many travels throughout his long
career at sea. It clearly demonstrates that he was unusually
well-travelled for his time. This is the 'thumbnail' version of the map: scaled to fit on a single screen without scrolling. Click here or on the map to see it in a larger and clearer format (133kb)

The map was prepared by
Miles Ogborn, a historical geographer at
Queen Mary, University of London,
.
It was drawn by
Edward Oliver, a cartographer in the same department. The
map is discussed in greater detail in Miles Ogborn's article
'Global historical geographies, 1500-1800' in B.J. Graham and C. Nash
(eds) Modern Historical Geographies (Harlow: Longman, 2000).